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Tried-and-true guides for the garden, kitchen, and homestead.
- How to Grow Chamomile for Tea and Medicine (Seed to Cup Guide)
TL;DR: Grow German chamomile as an annual from seed started 6 to 8 weeks before your last frost, harvest flower heads in… - How to Ferment Salsa Verde (Safe, Small-Batch Method)
TL;DR: Fermented salsa verde is finely chopped tomatillos, onion, garlic, and chiles packed with 2 to 2.5 percent salt by weight, held… - How to Can Apple Butter in a Water Bath (USDA-Tested Method)
TL;DR: Water bath canning apple butter is safe because cooked apples sit well below the pH 4.6 threshold that stops botulism. Cook… - California Front Yard Vegetable Garden Fine: What Homeowners, Renters, and HOAs Actually Owe in 2026
TL;DR: California has no statewide law that bans front yard vegetable gardens, but there is no statewide law that guarantees them either…. - Homesteading Magazines: The 10 Best Titles for 2026 (Plus Free Alternatives)
TL;DR: The best homesteading magazines still in print blend how-to depth with community. Start with Mother Earth News (founded 1970, ~500,000 circulation)… - Homemade Seed Starting Mix: 3 Tested Recipes for Healthy Seedlings
TL;DR: A homemade seed starting mix is a sterile, low-fertility blend of milled peat moss (or coconut coir), perlite, and vermiculite, usually…
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Hi there, welcome!
I am Anthony, and Wild Hearth Life grew out of my homestead in Exeter, Rhode Island, where my wife and our two kids and I have been figuring out the simple life for about a decade now. We are on Zone 6b/7a soil, with raised beds in the side yard, an in-ground row garden out back, a cluster of berry canes and dwarf fruit trees that we keep adding to every spring, and twelve Rhode Island Reds that have given us steady eggs since 2016.
What you find here is what I actually do. The canning posts come out of a kitchen that has put up several hundred jars across the years. The chicken posts come out of a coop I have repaired more than once and a flock that has taught me what works, what does not, and what nobody warns you about. The garden posts come out of beds I have over-planted, under-watered, and slowly improved, season after season.
Whether you have an acre or a balcony, the goal here is the same: a calmer, more capable life rooted in seasonal work and small wins. Pull up a chair, grab a cup of coffee, and stay a while.
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